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The eighteenthcentury English dictionaries of arts and sciences claimed to contain all knowledge that a person of education should possess Richard Yeo places these scientific dictionaries in a rich cultural framework of debate that includes the classification of knowledge the tradition of commonplaces the Republic of Letters the Enlightenment public sphere copyright issues and the specialization of science He examines assumptions about the organization communication and control of knowledge in these works Elegantly illustrated and clearly written Encyclopaedic Visions provides a major contribution to Enlightenment studies the history of science and the history of ideas in general
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The original words announcing great scientific discoveries from the first Eureka to the cloning of Dolly the sheep can all be found in this fascinating addition to the worldfamous Oxford Quotations series An essential reference tool put together over fifteen years with the assistance of a distinguished team of specialist advisers it includes full author descriptions exact sources and a wordfinding index for easy reference Scholarly but accessible it also presents the human face of science as scientists reflect on achievements and failures in their own lives and those of others For example youve probably already hear Darwins own thoughts on natural selection but how about his assessment of the pros and cons of marriage From Archimedes to Einstein and beyond the Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations charts the progress of the great ideas of science It is an engaging and surprising read for all lovers of science history or wit
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Scientific and technical contacts between nations have necessitated the publication of various language textbooks manuals and reference books Particularly important among them are multilingual scientifio and technical dictionaries This EnglishGermanFrenchDutchRussian Dictionary of Scientifio and Technical Terms contains some 9000 entries The main fea ture of the Dictionary is that it includes first and foremost general scientific terms needed by an engineer working in any branch of science and technology Besides the Dictionary includes the basic terms used in physics mathemat ics the fundamentals of electrical engineering and chemistry and also the most essential terms pertaining to manufacturing processes machine design testing methods etc The Compilers were confronted with a difficult task as nowadays science and technology are developing rapidly and the minimum scientific and tech nical vocabulary required by a specialist is increasing accordingly The Compilers have taken special pains to include the entire basic mod ern technical vocabulary omitting superfluous words and phrases They have tried to solve this problem by selecting mainly those scientific and tech nical terms which constitute the basic of a specialised vocabulary There fore the Dictionary includes the vocabulary pertaining to general study courses in mathematics physics and chemistry and also in electrical engi neering electronics and machine design given in technical colleges irrespect ive of their specification This lends the Dictionary an allpurpose char acter making it equally useful to scientists and engineers of different countries who have graduated from colleges with different curricula
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While the examples are taken from scientific texts this dictionary will be of use to all students of Russian and especially to all translators Omissions are words or phrases that are not to be translated when turning a Russian text into English Some examples are dostatochno in Ne predlozhen dostatochno ubeditelnoe obiasnenie A convincing explanation has not been offered nado skazat chto in Nado skazat chto opisannyi metod iavlhetsia unikalnym sposobom The method is unique davat vozmozhnost in Sredstva daiushchie vozmozhnost izbezhat Methods of avoiding Knowing these phrases and techniques will greatly improve translations in any field and will help students develop a better feeling for Russian style and a better understanding of Russian texts that they read The book has short commentaries on general principles and a bibliography in the front and back of the book but most of it is a listing in alphabetical order of items to be omitted with at least one and sometimes several examples for each item and an English translation of each example The head word or phrase to be omitted also has a literal English translation Intermediate and advanced students of Russian will find this dictionary a great help in perfecting their knowledge of the language as well as their ability to translate effectively into English
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From astronomy to zoology biochemistry to microbiology The Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors offers a wealth of information on virtually every area of science providing clear jargonfree definitions of terms from physics chemistry computer science mathematics immunology and much more Following the guidelines of such international scientific bodies as IUPAC and IUPAP this comprehensive work provides a style guide for the presentation of scientific information offering clear guidance on spelling both American and British punctuation abbreviations prefixes and suffixes units and quantities and symbols Most important the author has completely revised and updated the already impressive coverage of the first edition and substantially increased coverage of the life sciences New and revised appendices also provide valuable supplementary tables including SI units mathematical symbols the electromagnetic spectrum and the periodic table It belongs on the reference shelf of students academics editors proofreaders publishers typesetters printers newspaper and magazine editors web editors journalists and anyone else who works with scientific writing
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